The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-08
NUMBER "a.
uNREwARpEo. HERoIsM.
A Brave Young Dudes Noble Efforts TO
subdue q Cranky Horse.


So you like to fly to the assistance Of
the young lady in distress'-of course
you do-all young men do-Mr. Percy
St. Vincent, Of Sioux Falls. does--but
not so well as he did before a recent
narrowing experience.
Percy St. Vincent is one Of our most
expensive and highly polished society
young men. He has the rocks, too.
His father is president of four banks.
treasurer of half dozen loan and trust
companies and owns an interest in a
corner drug store o. Percy grades up
well. socially and financially.
However. that doesn't prevent his
being somewhat gone on Miss Amelia
Robinson, one of our most bewitching
society bellies. But then. that's ali
right, for Amelia is sumner. And
her. father is well heeled. too. But
there isn't any need Of our beating
around the bush and taking all day to
tell a short story-we aren't paid by
the rod for this kind of stuff.
Last Saturday afternoon Amelia was
driving along the principal street of
our city with her fathers carriage and
q large, blonde horse. She was alone.
The horse saw bakers wagon and
began to shy. Amelia gave lady
like little scream and said: 20, please,
wont somebody help me with this hor-
rid horsc!'
Percy heard it. He calculated the
accident was worth one hundred dol,
lars to him.
He hastily jcrked his hat of and
tapped his vest pattern a couple OF
times with it, as q token Of recognition,
and rushed out
ut were better for that horse, "
thought Percy St. Vincent to himself,
shat he had never beer born. Twill
throw him down aud sit on him"
Did hep All, ha! read on and see
this is no place to stop and ask ques-
tons.
Percy grabbed the horse by the bit
with both hands, and gave him a
powerful jerk to starboard. 1t seemed
as il that horse kept on his feet remark
ably well.
Percy started to give 1t to him again
when the horseIrose up on his hind legs.
Percy hadn't noticed before that the
horse was eight feet high. And he
never knew till then that horse is six
times as high when he gets on his hind
legs as when he stands down in travel
ing attitude. Percy noticed all this be-
cause he kept hold of the bit and went
up with the horse. You'd have no.
ticed it, too. ifyou'd been up command.
ing view of tho post-office, the Deficit
National Bank and the electric light
pole.
Percy was fond of scenery and he
gazed down on the opera house and
hose-tower and enjoyed himself.
The horse came down after awhile
bat he went up again. He seemed t.
be the greatest horse to rise up anc
rest his chin on the telegraph wirei
that Percy ever saw.
And part of the time he was shaking
his head, like dog when he gets hole
OF cat, and ali the time he was striking
at Percy with his fore feet so that h,
daren't let go for fear the horse woulC
charge on him and hit him.
And Miss Misunderstanding, sir!--
screaming like Hottentot!
And occasionally hitting the hors'
with the whip and pulling on the wroni
| line.
1t was getting serious. The hors
was beginning to turn around. He wa
getting his nose higher up in the al
every time he elevated himself. Perc,
though he caught little frightened
views of Omaha, Nebraska, once o
twice.
And the men on the sidewalk wer,
all grinning-diabolical, heathenisl
grins. Every one Of them had beel
mad at first because Percy had 60
ahead of them in going to her rescue
but now-nothing but grins and an oc
casional hooking laugh. And one maj
yelled: Throw the boss over ye
shoulder-crack him over yer shoulde
an break his backl'
What did Percy hear next? Grea
heavens, it was so!-the shrill voice o
Miss Amelia: "For PHYS sake, some
body make that fellow let my hors,
aloner'
| 0 death, where is thy sting!
| just then big policeman got Perc,
by the shoulders and pulled him ava,
and sat him down in the gutter. Tn
policeman got into the buggy to driv
for Amelia, and Percy saw her look u
thankfully into the big policeman
eyes, and heard her say: IF the BIZ
fool had left my horse alone we woul'
have been all right-what was he tryinl
to do anyhowP'-Dakota Bell.